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Block Inc slashes 40% of its staff as Jack Dorsey pushes ‘smaller, flatter’ AI strategy

Jason Shubnell / theblock - Block is reducing its staff from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000, Dorsey said in a note to the company.


AI-driven mass layoffs — Dorsey's companywide reset

Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts 4,000 citing AI as the cause

7 days / siliconrepublic / Suhasini Srinivasaragavan

Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of jobs as it embraces AI

8 days / bbc

Jack Dorsey just halved the size of Block’s employee base — and he says your company is next

8 days / techcrunch / Connie Loizos

Jack Dorsey's Block Cuts Nearly Half of Its Staff In AI Gamble

8 days / slashdot / BeauHD

Block Cuts 40% of Its Work Force Because of Its Embrace of A.I.

8 days / nytimes / Natallie Rocha

Jack Dorsey’s Block to cut workforce by ‘nearly half’ as it leans on AI tools

8 days / ft

Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half of its staff in AI gamble

8 days / theverge / Jay Peters

Block Inc slashes 40% of its staff as Jack Dorsey pushes ‘smaller, flatter’ AI strategy

8 days / theblock / Jason Shubnell


Costs, earnings, banking growth: business impact

Analysis: Block’s retreat to 2019 scale could be a hint of deeper shifts in payments economics

7 days / coindesk / Sam Reynolds

Block Slashes Staff and Eyes AI as Primary Banking Actives Jump 22% to 9.3M

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

Block, the parent of Square and Cash App, is laying off over 4,000 people

8 days / engadget / Anna Washenko

Jack Dorsey’s Block to Lay Off 40% of Its Workforce in AI Remake

8 days / wsj / Angel Au-Yeung

Block swaps 4,000 workers for AI

8 days / paymentsdive / Patrick Cooley


Market rallies: stock surge after layoffs announced

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

7 days / abcnews

Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump

8 days / theregister / Simon Sharwood

Block Stock Pops as Jack Dorsey's Bitcoin, Payments Company Dumps 4,000 Jobs

8 days / decrypt / Sebastian Sinclair

Block rallies after Dorsey slashes 40% of workforce in AI-native reset as earnings top estimates

8 days / siliconangle / Duncan Riley

Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

8 days / cnbc

Block shares soar 24% as company slashes workforce by nearly half

8 days / reddit / /u/joe4942


OTHER: comments, reposts and miscellaneous coverage

Fintech company Block lays off 4,000 of its 10,000 staff, citing gains from AI

7 days / reddit / /u/Outrageous-Baker5834

Block lays off nearly half its staff because of AI. Its CEO said most companies will do the same

8 days / reddit / /u/GeneReddit123

Layoffs at Block

8 days / ycombinator


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In a lengthy post on X, Dorsey stated that he made the decision to cut jobs after realising how small teams and intelligence tools have enabled a “new way of working” that “fundamentally changes” things.

7 days / bsky / @siliconrepublic.bsky.social / siliconrepublic.bsky.social

Jack Dorseys Block lays off nearly half of workforce due to AI

7 days / mashable

block cuts nearly half of its staff in ai gamble, citing need for "artificial general intelligence" https://www.theverge.com/tech/885710/jack-dorsey-block-layoffs-job-cuts-ai

8 days / bsky / @kcurry.bsky.social / kcurry.bsky.social

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19833 / 25 stories in 8 days


New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

msmash / slashdot - New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of sign…

#ecommerce #gaming #techpolicy #government #judiciary #us #payments #law #litigation #regulation

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8 days / bsky / @arstechnica.com / arstechnica.com

Now THIS is interesting!

8 days / bsky / @joshuafoust.com / joshuafoust.com

New York Sues Valve, Says Its ‘Loot Boxes’ Are Gambling

8 days / reuters / John Gruber

New York sues Valve for enabling “illegal gambling” with loot boxes

8 days / reddit / /u/mepper

New York Sues Valve For Enabling 'Illegal Gambling' With Loot Boxes

8 days / slashdot / msmash

New York sues Valve, arguing loot boxes cross the line into gambling

8 days / techspot

New York sues Valve for enabling "illegal gambling" with loot boxes

8 days / arstechnica / Kyle Orland

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 11:22 am / permalink 19809 / 7 stories in 8 days


MetaMask Crypto Debit Mastercard Launches Across United States

Logan Hitchcock / decrypt - The Mastercard-powered MetaMask debit card is now rolling out access to all users across the United States.

#blockchain #crypto #decentralisation #banking #business #us #payments #wallet #crypto

MetaMask Crypto Debit Mastercard Launches Across United States

8 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock

MetaMask and Mastercard launch US payment card with onchain rewards

8 days / theblock / RT Watson

MetaMask expands debit card across U.S. after year-long pilot

8 days / coindesk / Margaux Nijkerk

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 8:21 am / permalink 19789 / 3 stories in 8 days


India may finally get Apple Pay by mid-2026

appleinsider - A new report backs up recent claims that India is shortly to get Apple Pay after years of complex negotiations.Apple Pay may finally come to IndiaIn January 2026, it was rumored that Apple was in talks to get Apple Pay in India. Now Bloomberg is reporting…

#apple #banking #business #iphone #ios #india #payments #digitalid #wallet

A new report backs up recent claims that India is shortly to get Apple Pay after years of complex negotiations.

8 days / bsky / @appleinsider.com / appleinsider.com

Apple in Talks With Major Banks to Bring Apple Pay to India in 2026 [Report]

8 days / iclarified

Apple in Talks to Bring Digital Wallet to India

8 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

India may finally get Apple Pay by mid-2026

8 days / appleinsider

Apple In Talks With Banks To Launch Apple Pay In India By Mid-2026: Report

8 days / inc42 / Lokesh Choudhary

Apple in Talks With Banks to Launch Apple Pay in India This Year

8 days / macrumors / Tim Hardwick

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 7:21 am / permalink 19786 / 6 stories in 8 days


London-Based Alpa Raises $3.5M In Pre-Seed Funding Led by Daphni

Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based fintech startup Alpa has raised $3.5 million in a pre-seed round led by Daphni, with participation from True Capital, 2100 Ventures, Firedrop, Oprtrs Club, Kima Ventures, and Sonorcap. Angel investors include Alexandre Yazdi (Voodoo founder) …

#vc #fintech #enterprise #business #food #deliveroo #travel #europe #payments

Alpa Raises $3.5M in Pre-Seed Funding

8 days / finsmes / FinSMEs

London-Based Alpa Raises $3.5M In Pre-Seed Funding Led by Daphni

8 days / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Taster founder’s UK FinTech startup Alpa raises €2.9 million to build the financial operating system for hospitality

8 days / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Ex-Deliveroo exec launches Alpa with $3.5M to close hospitality’s financial visibility gap

8 days / techfundingnews / Abhinaya Prabhu

Alpa lands $3.5M to build financial platform for hospitality

8 days / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

Back to Top / Thursday, February 26, 2026, 3:20 am / permalink 19775 / 5 stories in 8 days


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